The companies reached an agreement in October, JX Energy
said today in a statement. The accord runs through April 2015
and the companies are negotiating what they’ll do after that.

JX Energy, based in Tokyo, said on April 10 that it was
seeking exclusive rights to sell First Solar’s panels using
technology developed by TetraSun, a day after First Solar said
it had acquired TetraSun from JX Energy and other investors.

First Solar plans to invest 10 billion yen ($100 million)
to develop solar power stations in Japan within several years,
the Nikkei newspaper said today, without citing anyone.